Satish Kumar to visit Yorkshire - Twice!

Schumacher UK president and founding Director of Schumacher College Satish Kumar, who spoke at the launch of Schumacher North in 2007, will be visiting the region on two occasions this summer. On 23rd July he will give a public talk in York entitled 'Soil, Soul and Society', followed by a visit to Pickering on Saturday 24th (more details of this available soon). And on the weekend of 20-22 August, Satish will be leading a weekend retreat entitled 'Inner and Outer Transformation', commencing with a public talk on the Friday evening, at the Birchcliffe Centre in Hebden Bridge.

Satish Kumar is internationally known as a leading spokesperson for the emerging vision of a holistic, non-violent and ecologically sustainable society built upon the ideas of M.K.Gandhi and E.F.Schumacher. A former Jain monk, he worked alongside Gandhi's spiritual successor, Vinobha Bhave, in the movement for social and economic justice in India before undertaking an 8000 mile Peace Walk to Europe and the USA.

Satish has been editor of Resurgence magazine for over 35 years, was the founder of the Small School at Hartland and Schumacher College in Dartington, where he was Director of Programmes for 20 years. His books include Earth Pilgrim; Only Connect: Soil, Soul, Society; Spiritual Compass; The Three Qualities of Life; The Buddha and the Terrorist: The Story of Angulimala; and two volumes of autobiography - No Destination and You Are, Therefore I Am - A Declaration of Dependence.

Further details of both events and online booking are available on our Events page